Collections Quote by Bill Jay Download Open image “Museum collections have given photography rigor, and mortis.” — Bill Jay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Collections Given Museums Photography Rigor
Photography mirrored the [nineteenth century] will towards rigor, towards defining details, the need for miniscule description, the long-distance optics, for technology at the service… — Joan Fontcuberta Copy Share Image
“Films featuring museums are on the whole, not serious ones. They are mostly comedies, mild thrillers, romances, and horror movies, with a few disaster… — Suzanne Keene Copy Share Image
Remember, this is back in the '40s, and the idea of a museum being a place where interested people could come in direct contact… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at." — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc. — Francesca Woodman Copy Share Image
Photography has become so fundamental to the way we see that 'photography' and 'seeing' are becoming more and more synonymous. The ubiquity of photography… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history. — Cornell Capa Copy Share Image
I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are plenty of… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
...photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes enough suffering… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Photographers have already photographed everything too many times, except cheese. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments. — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
MAC allowed me to have complete freedom on the collaborations—from the shades, the look-and-feel, to the campaign visuals. I have to admit that the… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative… — Koji Nakanishi Copy Share Image
I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually gave it… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
Who wrote the Bible? Current scholarship, to my knowledge, assumes that the material that constitutes the Old Testament was put together from various oral… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've had plenty of jo-jobs. Nothing I'd call a career. Let me put it this way. I have an extensive collection of name tags… — Wayne Campbell Copy Share Image
The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image